80s Hit Was SO RIPE For PARODY...Even It's Singer DEMANDED He Make Fun of it! | Professor Of Rock
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- This multi-million record-selling artist isn’t exactly known for taking suggestions. But that hasn’t stopped legions of fans from sending him ideas for his next song. In fact, Weird Al Yankovic is bombarded with so many pitches that he has called it the bane of his existence. However, that being said... there was one time that he did make an exception. Afterall, when an 80s Icon Madonna told a friend that she wished that Weird would make fun of her smash #1 hit from 1984. Weird Al Obliged with one of his funniest take ups ever. The video and song Like a Surgeon would land the comedy genius or Sonic comic back on the billboard hot 100 and drive his album Dare to be Stupid to the top of the charts. So, get ready, it’s the completely unexaggerated, absolutely true story about one of the greatest songs of our time. Am I being sarcastic? Find out next Coming up… NEXT on the Professor of Rock.
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Alright, in honor of his new movie, today we are once again giving you the Weird Al treatment. In the past we have covered Eat It, Fat, and Smells Like Nirvana. But for this episode we’re going back to the 80s to take an in-depth look at after 80s parody that has a bit of a twist… A great story to this one.. LEt’s get into it. By the time Weird Al released his third album, Dare to Be Stupid in 1985, it was clear that he was here to stay. No longer just an unknown accordion-wielding goofball, Al had broken into the mainstream to become a world-renown accordion-wielding goofball.
There was no denying that Weird Al, aka the Eat It Guy, had become a household name. His Michael Jackson parody Eat It had reached #12 on the Hot 100 single was the breakthrough he never expected would happen. Said Al, “the day that video went into heavy rotation on MTV, my anonymity disappeared. Literally overnight, I became a celebrity... As a person who was fairly anonymous his whole life, I'd suddenly be walking down the street and having people stare at me.”
After that, my albums went platinum. My concert tours sold out.” And that kind of success was enough to prove to Al had figured out a winning formula. Parodying chart topping artists was the way to go. After all Michael Jackson’s ‘Beat It’ had gone to #1. In the future, Al would go after more chart toppers like MJ’s Bad, Tiffany’s remake of I Think We’re Alone Now, Dire Straits’ Money for Nothing, and Coolio’s Gangsta’s Paradise. And he would keep plenty of Top 10 hits in his crosshairs as well.
But to follow-up the success of Eat It, Weird Al turned his attention to a rising star who had just turned in a #1 hit of her own. Madonna and the reason he did it was Well… She requested it. Like Al, Madonna’ career was just taking off. In the summer of 1983, she released her debut album, Madonna. That went to #8 in the US and featured three Top 20 hits: Holiday, Lucky Star and Borderline. - Zábava
Poll: What is a song or artist Weird Al should've parodied, but NEVER DID?
I wish he would have taken the "There's A Bathroom On The Right" misheard lyrics and ran with them, parodying "Bad Moon Rising" from CCR.
“We found Dove in a Soapless place.” Rihanna parody
The Beatles
How about Centerfold. ( My angel ain't no centerfold)
Rocket Man by Elton John, allll kinds of possibilities in that one 😉
Also, we need Weird Al to do a Super Bowl Halftime Show. Get him up there with some of the more famous people he has parodied, with them joining him on the parodies. It would be EPIC, and it would make me actually watch the halftime show.
I would cry tears of joy.
I'd like to see him parody the "wardrobe malfunction."
Actually, I'd like to see Weird Al parody Super Bowl halftime shows in general at a Super Bowl halftime show.
YESSSSSSS! I’d totally watch the hell out of that multiple times!
Might even make me watch the game.
@Eric Bouchard & @Free the Birds: i agree with both of you. Combine your ideas-It would be a Super Bowl half time show to remember. Professor-when Al thumped on the patients chest in his video-thats what is called a 'precordial thump'. Historically, I have seen some of my fellow medical professionals use it when we have started a code blue. Al is known for doing his research when he does his parodies/videos. And yes, I can't wait to see the movie.
When Weird Al parodies one of your songs, you know you've made it.
That’s what Avril Lavigne said in an interview
If I remember correctly, I believe Curt Cobain also said that after " Smells like Nirvana,".
Absolutely! You've made it as an actor when you get a Marvel movie (not you, Morbius) and you e made it as a musician when Weird Al does a parody
Weird All deserves to be in the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame! Like a Surgeon, White and Nerdy, and Amish Paradise are my favorites of his parodies.
All About the Pentiums...Mission Statement. Al's greatest hits would be 3-4 albums long...
I agree.
i simply love "Living With a Hernia". I think people understimate that one
Until Amish Paradise, I NEVER listened to any Rap - it opened new doors for me, and All about the Pentiums and White and Nerdy expanded it more....
Amish Paradise tickles me crazy!
The weird Al backing band is world class. How many bands can play so many styles of music and pull it off so well. They are actually really, really amazing.
And they been with him for well over 35 years.
I think the guy that played the wooden box on Another Rides the Bus stuck with him all these years.
@@OSheaShenanigans that was Al’s accordion case.
@@atskooc for real?? That is awesome
@@OSheaShenanigans Yeah, the drummer is his first band mate.
Just saw him in concert with my two boys age 13 and 10 in South Florida. He didn't play any parody songs, only his originals. I think the people sitting next to us couldn't believe how we knew every word to every song. He is way more than just a parody writer. His songs are just as good now as they were in the 80's
I just detailed in my comment to the Professor that Al would really like if people such as him would acknowledge his entirely original works. Glad you enjoyed his songs!
Saw him on tour with The Monkees in 1896 - have all is albums. His original songs are awesome.
I love his originals!!!
@@icemediapro , 1896?! That's a long time ago! 😂
“Nature Trail to Hell” is my favorite. 😂
Al's songs never quite push over the borderline of dark humor, but rides right up to it, and this one is no different. One reason I think his humor resonated across the generations is he wasn't shock and grotesque, nor squeaky clean and innocent, and never overly juvenile or pretentious. He found the perfect balance and executed perfectly.
"I'm stranded alone in the gas station of love and have to use the self service pumps!"
This song saved my life. I became so afraid of doctors that I quit work and started jogging all day all the time.
You nailed it.
I think the darkest things got in his songs was that there was a decapitation in one of them.
Haven't you ever heard The Night Santa Went Crazy and Christmas At Ground Zero? Pretty dark content in those
I was an American in the Netherlands, in a Dutch High School when “Like A Surgeon” came out. I brought the “Dare To Be Stupid” album to school and played it in class and the Dutch kids loved it. Twenty four years later I played it for my own kids, who to this day, as adults can recite all of the lyrics!
One More Minute off Dare to Be Stupid got me through my divorce. I sang it at karaoke several times.
Best break up song ever! 😎
One of my fond memories was going to a rock concert in Houston, Texas around this time (probably at Fitzgeralds to see King's X). The crowd was starting to fill in the floor in front of the stage pretty well and the place had some generic music turned up to keep folks happy before the opening act came out.
Finally Madonna came up on the mix that was playing, but the crowd didn't care. Instead of just shuffling around and waiting, we all started singing "Surgeon" lyrics over the top of the song. Folks were dressed in black and ready to be "hard rock" serious, but at the same time cracking up at knowing Weird Al songs that well. Very fun for all of us to know that it didn't matter what you listened to: Everyone *also* loves Weird Al.
I wish Weird Al knew how many fans of his parodies and are hard core 80s music fans viewers you had because an interview with him would be classic on your channel. Come on Al do an interview the POR fans love you. Great episode professor Al is ths king of parody and you are the king of music history
That would be AWESOME!!!!
Papa - ooh-mawo, mawo YA Right or better yet The bird is the Word, and parody a parody.
Getting Weird Al might take a little time since he is very introverted, but I stand behind this. We want a Weird Al interview, Prof!
Or a fake interview like Weird Al used to do...
I actually appreciate Weird Al's "style parodies" or "pastiches" even better than his parodies. Dare To Be Stupid is better Devo than actual Devo. Vervet Elvis is so recognizable as The Police that is amazing it's not an actual parody. Once you hear Mr. Popeil as a B-52's song you will never unhear it.
I first heard Weird Al on the Dr. Demento Show on KMET 94.7 on Sunday nights while growing up in Anaheim in the late 70s - early 80s. He did “Another One Rides the Bus” live, in studio in September of my sophomore year of high school - it was completely goofy magic and I was hooked for life! 👍🏼😎❤️
Al sent in a tape of "Mr. Frump in the Iron Lung" to Dr D... and the rest is history! Saw both of them at Dr D's 10th Annv show on May 6, 1981 at Dooley's in Tempe, AZ. Al Played AORTB, Was Awesome! I rushed the stage, lol
So cool!
Clearly remember Dr. Demento and Wolfman Jack too... I was bummed when that station changed formats...
What part of Anaheim? I grew up there as well
@@flavellinatorAnd it has changed format AGAIN!! It seems “94-7, The Wave” didn’t fly with “smooth jazz” either, so now it’s something else. What is it now? Beats me. I don’t bother to turn on that station.
First time I ever heard a Weird Al song was on the Dr. Demento show, which used to air on Sunday nights on KMET 94.7 in Los Angeles. The song was 'Another One Rides the Bus'...
UHF was highly underrated. I thought it was comedic gold. Loved the music video (We got it all on...) UHF as it parodies many of the great MTV videos and movie scenes of the 80's.
Agreed. UHF is a cult classic
Enjoy UHF so much.
I am kicking my self now. I met the chick from that movie when she was on Glen Beck's Tea Party Express 3 tour bus when she was campaigning for McCain/Palin. I didn't know who she was only that she used to be on Saturday Night Live during the years I did not watch it. We had talked for like 10-15 minutes after the speeches were done and told me I should run for office. I looked her up the next day on the internet and realized she was in the funniest clean movie ever produced and missed my chance to tell her that.
"That it?"
"Nope."
It came out at the wrong time
As a youngster I used to listen to Doctor Demento every weekend. Weird Al was a guest quite often. I recall his first LP had a bunch of songs he used to play on the DD show but they were all nice and polished instead of raw and grungy. Been hooked ever since. I never cared for Madonna or much of her music but Al went all out on Like A Surgeon. Still love it.
"Weird Al" Yankovic is one of my all-time favorites, because he was an artist I really felt "got" me. He was funny, weird, out-there, smart, clever, and snarky. Just like me! Graduated high school as valedictorian, went to engineering school, and took his music seriously just enough to not take himself completely seriously.
Such a smart guy.
"Weird Al" Yankovic is my favorite artist, beating out all other serious hit makers from the 80's and earlier.
Weird Al is just a treasure. A true gem. Ya gotta love em.
❤️💜💚
If you only did weird Al videos Id still watch everyday. He was such a big part of my childhood. Every sunday id stay awake and listen to Dr. Demento hoping for a new weird al song.
Dr. Demento opened the eyes of so many of us.
@@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 I can still still remember lying in bed late on Sunday nights listening to rolly polly fish heads
@@rmbuilder1 My mom and aunts did the exact same thing!!!
Yes...I remember those Sunday night radio shows....and King Biscuit Flour Hour
@@rmbuilder1 Now that damn song is an earworm! Arg! 🤣
I still remember blasting Dare to be Stupid on the stereo while enjoying a newly rereleased Coke Classic. Those were the days!
Indeed!
Would love to go back!
His polkas are absolutely fantastic pieces of musical genius, expertly merging genres and melodies into one fun listen. I am always amused how he always ends them the same way, with that comedic looney tunes/stooges run of notes on the beloved accordion.
His accordion playing is under - rated IMO 🙂
That was always a highlight in my college years. Listening to the Dr Demento Show, wondering if we would get to hear Al
I NEVER get tired of him. Ever.
His polkas are awesome, especially the one on Running with Scissors.
"I Lost On Jeopardy" is one of my favs as I watched Art Fleming host the show as a kid. The replica of the vintage studio was perfect.
You know it is going to be a good day when the Professor does a show on Weird Al. I find many of his parodies are better than the original songs.
For sure. Thanks Glen!
They’re just so fun!
@@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 Al always makes me laugh.
@@Bacchus69 He makes me feel like a kid in a candy store.
King Of Suede is a great example. I was not too keen on King Of Pain.
As a HUGE fan of the Three Stooges, I love when we see Al walking down a hall at the beginning of the video, and over the intercom we hear the famous line from the Stooges 1934 short "Men in Black, " Calling Dr. Howard, Dr. Fine, Dr. Howard." CLASSIC!
Love the Stooges...was raised on them...probably says a lot about me to others, if they only knew!
I believe that "Foil" is Weird Al's masterpiece! He destroyed conspiracy theories in only half a song. Sheer brilliance!
In the 80s I was an evangelical Christian so mostly I remember a whole lot of pearl clutching from other church members about Madonna's performances. The one thing I do remember thinking was how I wished there was a live interaction between Madonna and Weird Al (kind of like a mash up) each doing their version of the song cause that would have been freaking hilarious 😂
I can relate same situation with church ,and "Amish Paradise"!!!!
That would have been awesome.
Weird Al and Madonna duet! I’d love to see it!
If you like song mashups .You need to check out ROCK SUGAR! Professor has done a great interview with the lead singer .
The closest to a mash up between the 2 are in Al's "biopic", Weird 😆
Weird Al is just amazing. Dare to be Stupid was my first full Al album, but it would not be my last. If you have not seen him in concert, I cannot recommend doing so highly enough.
He’s amazing live!!!
I always wanted an compilation album of bands covering Weird Al's parodies of their songs or styles. So like having Nine Inch Nails cover Germs, Huey Lewis and the News covering I Want a New Duck, the Foo Fighters covering My Own Eyes, and Lady Gaga covering Perform This Way, etc....
And if they made it charity album, that would just be awesome.
I really like this idea.
Michael Jackson covering Eat It.
Weird Al's parodies deserve to be preserved in the Library of Congress.
There are songs that I will sing both the original and mix up weird Al because they are forever intertwined in my brain. He’s a genius and by all accounts a very nice person and that’s why he is so loved by all.
I hope he has a long, continuously successful life!
Edit: his songs are in my permanent shuffle mixed with the originals and all my other music 😂
It’s because he makes his parody sound very similar to the original song. A lot of people I know often get confused.
Can’t help (don’t want to either) mix Al with Lola, I love rock n roll, or American pie. So many great Al songs, but these are sublime songs and not ‘just’ parodies.
@@bryankinney6025 exactly! If they were just parodies they would have gotten old quick. He has a gift and we all love him for it!
@@bryankinney6025 a long long time ago…
…”Oh my, my, this here Anakin guy
May be Vader someday later, now he's just a small fry
And he left his home and kissed his mommy goodbye
Sayin', "Soon, I'm gonna be a Jedi"
"Soon, I'm gonna be a Jedi" “
I've seen him in concert and he is one heck of a live performer. I am beyond shocked that you said he only performed originals. I don't believe I've ever heard of him performing a tour with no parodies. Wild
"The Rye and the Kaiser" hooked me.
"Where it bubbles all the time like a giant carbonated soda S O D A, soda".. LOVE that album!!
I remember singing that out loud with my mom while coming home with a Build-a-Bear!
I always loved seeing what Weird Al was going to come up with next! He's a big part of my great 80's memories! Gave us so many laughs! Great episode Professor! Thanks for keeping the music alive!
THANKS!
Tickled me silly! I was not feeling well Monday and Tuesday, but yesterday and today? Seeing Adam the B-52s and Weird Al has brought me great joy!
The thing that makes me shutter is the fact that the songs I enjoyed in the 80's are now 20 years older than the songs we called "oldies" back then.
In just 3 years the movie Star Wars will be 50 years old. For perspective, a popular movie that was 50 years old in 1977 was the Jazz Singer, the first movie with synchronized sound.
I discovered "Weird Al" while listening to the Dr. Demento Show with my family, as we did back in the day. My first Al record purchase was "... in 3D" but I've now got everything he's ever done. Absolute genius-I think his musical talent, and that of his band, are wildly under appreciated. I actually got to interview Al in 1994 while I was writing for my university student newspaper, which is one of the absolute highlights of my life. My fave song on the "Dare to be Stupid" album is still "One More Minute," which is easily one of my Top 5 from him.
Thanks for keeping Al's history top of mind for your viewers! 🙂
Weird Al's band is so talented. Not sure they get enough credit for the amount of different styles they can plan flawlessly. Plus, the "newest" member of his band joined like 30+ years ago .. and the others have been with him for 40 years! Each of them is pretty accomplished in their own right.
The music world just wouldn't be the same without Weird AL! Thanks Professor!
I once heard a rumor Weird Al was originally going to call the song “Like a Sturgeon” but I always found that a bit fishy to believe.😆
If you like fish jokes, check out the White Boy Rapp (Kip Addotta) track and video "Wet Dream." Also amusing is Root Boy Slim's "Mrs. Paul Mrs. Paul."
@@bobdavis4848 I’ve heard that one before and seen the video on YT. I first headed it when Dr. Demento played it on his radio show back in the 90s.
@@Charlesb88 I saw the video too and I used to listen to Dr. Demento regularly and taped parts of it on 8-track tape. I haven't really sought out youtube content on Barry Hansen / Dr. Demento since a relative died of dementia.
There's a skit Al did about Like a Sturgeon. Look it up by searching on CZcams.
At the beginning of the "Like A Surgeon" video, there is a page for "Dr. Fein, Dr. Howard, Dr. Fein" -the Three Stooges. Another great review, Professor!
Good eye!
That’s right.
There are a lot of comedians who do impressions and imitations/vocal, but Weird Al is a genius in his creativity. We, the consumers of music, saw this and he made us laugh hearty and strong, so we bought up his creations.
For sure.
The first time I heard of Weird Al was the same moment I first saw MTV. Staying overnight with some family living in New Jersey (they had cable, of course so that was fascinating in itself). While channel surfing (my mother is yelling at me saying find one channel and stick with it!) I come across someone doing a parody of “I Love Rock & Road” with “ I Love Rocky Road” in a ice cream parlor! Discovering Weird Al and MTV in one shot! I ended up watching MTV all day much to dismay of my mom and aunt who kept saying they didn’t wanna watch that and I said go cook dinner! Oh yeah!
If you're a Weird Al fan, go watch the movie now, you won't regret it. It's so good. That guy deserves a spot in the Rock n' Roll Hall of Fame, he's outlasted many of the artists he's parodied.
I have the great privilege of sharing a birthday with the one, the only Weird Al Yankovic. I even got to see him perform on our birthday just a couple weeks ago! So awesome! An 80's childhood hero for sure!
Very cool!
I know one acquaintance and a teacher at my school who were born on the same day as Weird Al.
Some of my fondest memories from TV are when Weird Al took over MuchMusic here in Canada - his fake interviews were definitely a highlight, especially the Ozzy Osbourne one which I think gave a preview of what The Osbournes was going to be years before that was even a premise. The man is a genius at understanding just how odd pop culture really is.
Professor your Weird Al coverage has been awesome. Keep up the god work. You have been rocking it lately.
As always ,a great entertaining video and keeping music history alive! Got this in the morning, and a good start to the day!! All the best The professor!!
Weird Al definitely had an impact on my highschool years. I had a similar appearance with the glasses, longish curly hair and a mustache. I would get called "Weird Al" all the time. Sometimes I would buy some Weird Al style shirts and wear them to school just for laughs. I did follow his career and thoroughly enjoyed his parodies. My friends encouraged me to make some of my own, but I couldn't play any instruments or sing, so I just wrote my ideas out and let my friends do them karaoke style listening to the original songs on a boombox. Years went by and my son was born. He liked to listen to my records and tapes with me. When Al had Al TV on MTV my son and I would watch together. He would get laughing so hard when I would dance around the house acting like Weird Al. My wife doesn't have the same liking for Al that I do. It hurts so bad when she wants to turn off the radio or tape player whe n Al comes on. Sometimes I still make up my own parodies. Al sure doesn't have the same quality of songs to parody that used to be out there. How is he supposed to make fun of a song that's already nonsense? He definitely came along in the right era. The '80s and '90s were primetime for what he was good at.
It Would Be Cool To Hear Ur Parodies!!!! Many PRayersNLuv 👼👼💃💃
Saw him in the mid nineties he recreated almost all his videos live on stage it was just great. And the musicians he had with him were awesome too
He’s a blast!
Dude, your show has become one of the greatest programs on the internet. Thanks for the memories.🤙
Madonna was a smart business minded woman in those days, she knew the power Al had to make her even more of an icon.
Dare to Be Stupid is one of my all-time favorite albums. Anyway, I remember during that Coolio nonsense Madonna saying something like, "It's an honor having Al cover one of your songs." So, I'm sure she was quite happy about it.
I discovered Weird Al when I was on University Radio in Exeter, England in 1983 - his album "In 3D" was given to us by the record company and the other DJ's just threw it to one side. I played it to myself and loved it, so I used to put it into my Sunday afternoon show from time to time. I think my favorite from that album was "Eat It" and "Nature Trail to Hell". Since then I've got most of his albums, my favorite being "Dare to be Stupid" (I'm a big Devo fan so the title track was a great surprise). I think we're due another one!
Weird Al’s take on Devo was perfect!
Those non-direct parodies were always my favorites. Just playing the tropes of a genre or possibly an artist, and making a great pop song out of it.. Love it.
Thanks, Professor! I needed a good laugh today!
I get a huge smile and laugh with " Weird Al". The world need more laughter.
The extraction of the money from the wallet always kills me
Dare To Be Stupid is just flat out an all time great. After all, “he out Devoed Devo”
Indeed!
@@ProfessorofRock Fun fact... one of the members of Devo called it the "...perfect Devo song...". They also said they hated him for it. 🤣
Until 2015 or so I thought it was Devo singing "Dare to be Stupid"
@@sirfriendzone1228 damn right🍻!
He totally did. One of my go-to bad mood killers.
It’s really a shame that Prince never let him do a parody…
@6:01 + 15:07 - *GONE'*-duh-luh
[Submitted with all due respect because WORDS MATTER]
(Don't just take my word for it; the pronunciation is easily Googled)
Grammer, I mean Grammar NASI detected.
Weird Al is a hell of a talent
Great video Adam, PoR!
I saw Weird Al twice, he was opening up at 2 concerts I went to. He's a great performer with lots of energy!!!
Very cool!
He’s awesome live.
Weird Al is amazing, the videos always work so well and the music is amazing. I think my favourite visual gag in Like A Surgeon is the fact there's the boardgame Operation visible in the background.
Weird Al is amazing. His parodies are so well done that it’s hard to tell which is which.
My parents had bought a video camera so my little brother, a couple friends and I made music videos. We did "Like A Surgeon", "Dare to be Stupid" and with hand puppets with cardboard instruments we made we did "Magic Dance" by David Bowie. I still go back and watch those old VHS tapes.
I actually discovered your channel awhile back because of one of your Weird Al videos.
He puts on a great show, these are all great songs. Prof it's like you know all the songs I grow up with and know all the songs in my head. Another great video. Thank you
I remember seeing Al on Solid Gold once doing a live stage performance of Like a Surgeon. That was where I first heard the song.
I remember that!
I miss Solid Gold.
I can't wait to see the new Weird Al movie coming out. It looks like it's gonna be hilarious!
Edit: One More Minute is one of his masterpieces! That's one of my all-time favorites from Al. Especially, when he sings about having to use the self service pump. When I first heard that I was rolling with laughter, I said, "Al, you dirty boy!"
"I'd rather clean all the bathrooms in Grand Central Station - with my tongue - than spend one more minute with you."
I also like Mellow When I'm Dead. "When are you, Cosmic Cowboys, gonna get it through your head? I'll be mellow when I'm dead, I'll be mellow when I'm dead, I'll be mellow when I'm dead!"
@@sjduges67 Ah yes, that's a great one as well. Dare To Be Stupid is really his Magnum Opus.
Imagine me, being such a huge Madonna fan since 1984 that I created a fan club for her in 1991 and also such a huge weird Al fan I have seen him so many times in concert. This video is all about me right now LOL thanks for sharing this unknown trivia tidbit that a lot of us Madonna fans have heard about. Great video!
Professor enjoyed making this video as much as I enjoyed watching it. He can't help but laugh during it.
I love when you cover Weird Al. Truly a wholesome super legend.
'This is the Life' from the Dare to be Stupid album was featured in the 80s comedy Johnny Dangerously starring Michael Keaton. It also has my personal favorite Al song, 'One More Minute.'
"My mother hung me on a hook once..."
Adam,
AMAZING video as always!!! Wait... Doesn't the Weird Al song "Dare to be Stupid" sound a lot like Devo's "Dr. Detroit"?
Always loved the Three Stooges reference at the beginning, when the PA is paging "Dr. Howard, Dr. Fine, Dr. Howard" (a nod that my late father tipped me off to)
It’s odd to look back after growing up in the late 1970s through the 1980s with great music and not realize that is was truly an exceptional time in music history until decades later.
For a long time “80s music” was used as derogatory term. Thankfully that perception has changed!
True true
Sadly true.
50-70's best rock music, then came back in the 90's.
80's kind of sucks!
@@froggycroaked1603 Truth!
I think the first Weird Al song I ever heard, was either 'I Love Rocky Road' or Christmas At Ground Zero! I love Al! UHF an all-time favorite, man that film is loaded with fun!
Twinkie-Wiener sandwich anyone?
Hubby and I discovered Al thanks to the Dr Demento show on the radio in the 80s. We continued loving his works since then, including UHF. 😊We made sure our kids grew up knowing and appreciating him growing up as well.
I am amazed every time I hear one of the songs Al has parodied. I know his parodies better than the original in many cases, and it always seems to me that the original was made with a parody in mind. He is truly a musical genius.
He's literally a god. I don't know why I keep having to explain this to people.
I have a couple of Weird Al albums. I've always proclaimed Weird Al to be the King Of Comedic Parody's. All of his writings and videos are comedic genius. "Like A Surgeon" is excellent but it's hard to pick a specific favorite. All of his songs are terrific. He can parody any musical style and has done them.
Nah! He's nothing more than a poor man's Allen Sherman.
@@CeriusDeluge While Allen Sherman was influential to Weird Al Yankovic (Al has acknowledged this), he had a much shorter career and didn't put out anywhere close to the number of classic song parody's that Weird Al did. Coming along first doesn't necessarily mean better.
Yeah, I know. Just channeling my inner Homer Simpson.
As a kid who grew up listening to Weird Al with my mom in the car on the way to preschool, I totally agree!
I love this channel, reminds me of am radio show in Pittsburgh when I was kid.
Good vid ! I'm glad you cover the fun stuff too. After all, it's all about entertainment, right?
I had the honor of meeting Weird Al in 1996 when I was only 9 years old. He did a record signing for Bad Hair Day at my local Sam Goody.
I can honestly say he was the most refreshingly nice celebrity I've ever met.
He remains one of my favorite artists to this day, even if I can't really stand the last couple albums.
Super cool! He’s very sweet.
I was in 7th grade when 'Weird Al in 3D' was released. I remember sneaking around with a classmate to listen to it--we thought we were so underground.
Ha ha. Same here.
Nerdy indeed.
I am envious of Al’s sheer genius! He deserves both Rock Hall membership and his own Sirius XM channel.
I never listened to that guy. Shocked that his stuff sold that well. Thanks for your work
More often than not, I like Weird Al’s version BETTER than the original!!!!
He is a musical genius!!!
He seems to have a dark sense of humor, think of the song Weasel Stomping Day,
One More Minute and pretty much every song he performs on his current 22-23 tour.
This one was better that the original.
Agreed!
I grew up with my mind set on Weird Al and his parodies. I love that Madonna wanted to be parodied. This is still one of his greatest parodies❣️
Glad he was willing to parody it, unlike when the record company forced Al to parody Cyndi Lauper.
Excellent overview of a genius. I love his originals and UHF, I would have blown- up if it had been about public access cable instead. His band is to be lauded as they play each genre he creates in.
Started listening to Weird Al on the venerable Dr Demento show. Loved this thanks.
Looking forward to the movie that's coming out tomorrow. Daniel Radcliffe became famous for playing the title role in the amazing movie "Swiss Army Man," and now we can see him again playing the title role, portraying another very versatile human being! Big fan of Weird Al!
I'm pretty sure it was Harry Potter that made him famous. Swiss Army man was a flop
@@robbarkhouse351 To quote one of the songs of our fav parody artists: "I was only kidding." Go see "Swiss Army Man" btw; it is a hidden gem.
@@TerryVogelaar I did watch it though and thought it was dumb. Gun akimbo was mildly entertaining though the dialog could have gone through some reworking.
Daniel Radcliffe was famous long before Swiss Army Man. Apparently you never heard of the whole Harry Potter franchise.
I was a huge Weird Al fan in the 80s (still am!) and I owned all his records, including his first self-titled LP. I also bought the 45 of Like a Surgeon since I liked it so much. The unfortunate aspect of his parodies is that some of songs he parodies are lesser-hits and don't get much airplay these days. So his parodies of those songs are kind of forgotten. For instance, This Song is Just Six Words Long, or LIvin' in the Fridge, come to mind. Fans remember Like a Surgeon, but not the lesser ones.
Very true.
LOVE livin' in the fridge!!
Living in the Fridge is one of my favorites. I used to sing that song through my fake mic (fist) every day while in the media room.
@@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 Kinda funny how ZZ Top did an original song about food with TV Dinners while Al was hitting it big with his food parodies.
@@billkeithchannel I wonder why Weird Al didn’t parody that one.
That was a great video/parody song! Just so funny!!
Saw him in concert a few years back. Hands down one of the best live shows I've been to. Highly recommend seeing him live.
I would love to see a story on john waite and his 1970's band the baby's.
Request taken.
Trying to get an interview
I love the Babys.
@Anna Trail Now who waits for Tom Waits, haha.
Weird Al probably doesn't get enough credit for his original tunes on all of those albums. Songs like "Midnight Star" from 3D and "That Boy Could Dance" from Dare to be Stupid are great songs in and among themselves. I always loved the polka tunes to end the albums, as well--especially Polkas on 45 and Hooked on Polkas. Like you, I received 3D for my birthday (11th) in '84, and then bought Dare to be Stupid the following year when it came out in 1985. Good memories from the mid '80s.
"One More Minute" was an original from that album also. At least I think it was. I loved that song and album!
His originals are awesome!
The polka tunes always had me dying.
I saw him in concert. HE PULLED OUT ALL THE STOPS! It was magic!
She was looking for that "Yankovic Bump"! 😂
I always loved Weird Al. I'm not familiar with his newer stuff since I'm not familiar with the stuff he is parodying. Popular music of the last 20 or so years is like nails on a chalkboard to me. His stuff in the 80s and 90s is still classic.
Not listening to Word Crime is a crime. He so nails the original perfectly.
@@billkeithchannel I've heard Al's version, but never heard the original. He almost always nails the original version. He, and his band, are way more talented than they get credit for.
Weird Al’s songs are often better than the originals.
The 80’s were the best!
Agreed!
Good work, Prof. Keep it up!
Always great videos. Not sure you look at comments. I think I recall hearing Weird Al on a show called Dr Demento. Not sure if you have done a video on Dr Demento, but I think that would be awesome and well related for you r channel as many songs got their first take on that show.
Als song “word crimes” is more then genius if that’s possible